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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

