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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston