The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

