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

