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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

