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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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