In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
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...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston