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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

