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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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