The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

