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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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