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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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