In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

