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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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