In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (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...
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

