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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

