The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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