When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

