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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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