The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

