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

