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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

