The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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