The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

