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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

