The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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