In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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