In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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