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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

