The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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