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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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