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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

