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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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