In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

