Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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