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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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