The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

