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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

