The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

