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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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