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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

