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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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