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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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