The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
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...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

