The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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