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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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