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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

