The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

