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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
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...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

