The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

