Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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