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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

