In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

