In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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