In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

