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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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