In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
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...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

