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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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