The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

