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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

