In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

