In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

