The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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