The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel 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 Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

