The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
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...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

