In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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