The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
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
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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