In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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