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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

