The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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