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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

