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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

