The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
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...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

