The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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