The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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