In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

