The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

