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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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