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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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