In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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