The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

