In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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