The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

