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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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