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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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