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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

