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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

