In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
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
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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