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

