The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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