In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

