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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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