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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

