The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
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...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

