The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

