The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown