The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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