The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

