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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

