In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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