In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

