The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston