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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston