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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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