In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown