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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown