The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

