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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

