The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
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...
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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