The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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