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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

