The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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