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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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