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 E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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