In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

