The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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