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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

