In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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