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

