The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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