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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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