In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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