The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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