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