Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown