The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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
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