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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

