The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City