The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
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...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

