The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

