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