In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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