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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

