In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
