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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

