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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

