The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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