In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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