In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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