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