In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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