In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

