The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown