The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

