The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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