The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

