The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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