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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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