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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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