Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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