In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

