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...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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