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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

