In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

