In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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