The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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