The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

