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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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