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