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