In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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