The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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