The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

