The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

