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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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