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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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