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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

