In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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