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