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

