The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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