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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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