In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston