Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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