The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

