Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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