The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

