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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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