In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown