In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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