In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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