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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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