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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown