The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City