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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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