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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

