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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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