In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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