In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

