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