In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

