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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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