The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

