The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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