In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
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...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

