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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston