In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

