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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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