The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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