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