The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

