The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

