The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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