In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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