In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

