The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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