Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

