In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

