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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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