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...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

