In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

