The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

