In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

