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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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