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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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