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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

