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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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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