The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

