The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown