The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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