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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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