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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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