The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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