The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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...
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