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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

