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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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