In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

