The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

