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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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