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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

