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