In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

