In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

