The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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