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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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