Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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