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 Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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