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