The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

