In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

