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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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