The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

