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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

