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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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