In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

