In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

