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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

