The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

