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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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