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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
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...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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