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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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