The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

