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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

