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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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