The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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