The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

