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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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