The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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