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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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