If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Twin Cities Area
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City