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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

