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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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