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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston