In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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