The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown