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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
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...

