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