The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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