The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

