The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston