The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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