In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

