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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown