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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

