The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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