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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

