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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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