The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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