In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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