The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

