The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

