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