Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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