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

