In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

