The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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