The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

