The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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