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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

