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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

