The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

