The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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