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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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