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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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