The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

