In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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