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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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