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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

