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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

