The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

