In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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