In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

