The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

