In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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