The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
