The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

