In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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