In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

