The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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