The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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