The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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