In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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