The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

