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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown