The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

