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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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