The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

