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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
