In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

