In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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