The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

