In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

