In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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