The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

