In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

