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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

