The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

