The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

