In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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