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 Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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