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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
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...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown