In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 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...

