The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
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...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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