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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

