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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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