When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

