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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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