The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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