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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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