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

