The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
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...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

