The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

