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