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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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