In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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
