In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor 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