In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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