In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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