The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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