The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

