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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

