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...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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