The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

