The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

