The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

