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