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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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