The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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