Twin Cities Area

The Gates of Stonebridge

In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...

Greater Minnesota

Historic Franconia

Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...

Old Schoolhouse Near Essig

The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...