In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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