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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
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...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

