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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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