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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

