The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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