The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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