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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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