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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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