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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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