The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

