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...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
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
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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...
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
