In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City