The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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