The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

