The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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