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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

