The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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