In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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