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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

