The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

