In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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