The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

