The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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