The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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