In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

