The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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