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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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