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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

