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