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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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