In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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