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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown