The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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