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

