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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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