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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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