The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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