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...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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