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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown