The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

