Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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