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