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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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