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