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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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