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

