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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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