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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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