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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

