In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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