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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown