In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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