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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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