In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

