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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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