In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

