The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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