The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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