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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

