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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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