The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital 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