The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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