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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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