In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
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...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

