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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

