The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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