The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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