In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

