The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

