The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown