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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston