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