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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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