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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

