In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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