The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

