The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

