In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

