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

