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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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