In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

