Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

