The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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