In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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