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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House 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...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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