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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor 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