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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

