The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
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...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

