In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

