The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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