The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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