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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

