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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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