In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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