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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

