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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
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...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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