The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

