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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

