In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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