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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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