The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

