The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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