The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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