The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

