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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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