In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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