The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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