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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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