In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

