The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

