In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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