The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

