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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

