The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

