In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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