The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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