In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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