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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
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...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

