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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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