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...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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