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

