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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

