The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
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...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown