The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

