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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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...
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