In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

