In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

