The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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