In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

