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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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