In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

