In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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