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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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