The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

