In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

