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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

