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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

