In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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