The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
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...
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

