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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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