In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...

