In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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