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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

