The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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