In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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