The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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