In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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