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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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