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...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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