In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

