In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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