The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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