The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

